REAL-TIME CLOSED CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY U.S. CAPTIONING COMPANY, INC. TODAY IS MOTHER TAPES. SUNDAY, MAY 12TH -- MOTHER'S DAY. AND TO IS FLASHPOINT. WELCOME TO FLASHPOINT ON THIS MOTHER'S DAY 2013. A LOT TO TALK ABOUT WITH -- BUT WITH AN EYE ON THE HOLIDAY WE HAVE A ROUNDTABLE MADE UP OF MOTHERS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT NEWS ITEMS THIS WEEK AS KEVIN ORR IS EXPECTED TO DELIVER WORSE THAN EXPECTED NEWS TOMORROW AS EMERGENCY MANAGER OF DETROIT. MOTHERS HAVE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT KIND OF TOMORROW IS COMING FOR OUR CHILDREN. A MISSION SHIP IN DEBT, A NATION IN DEBT. A WORLD SITUATION THAT IS TEETERING AND WHAT IS HAPPENING FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE. UP FIRST THE EVENT THAT HAS THE YOUNGER SET BUZZING THE X GAMES. IT STARTED OUT OF ALTERNATIVE SPORTS EVENTS. TODAY IT'S BIG MONEY, BIG SPONSORS, BIG NAMES AND BIG TICKET SALES AND DETROIT IS ONE OF FOUR FINALISTS FOR A GAME. A WIDTH THAT WOULD MEAN THREE YEARS AS HOST. WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO THE MEN WHO PUT TOGETHER THE BID AND IMPRESSIVE VIDEO. ONE THAT TELLS THE STORY ON THE MOVE BUT STILL HAS THE GRITTINESS AND TOUGHNESS THAT GOES HAND IN HAND WITH FLYING OFF A RAMP ON A BICYCLE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE BACK UNDER YOU WHEN YOU LAND. IT'S ALL COMING UP THIS MORNING ON FLASHPOINT. WELL AS THE OLYMPICS ARE SEDATE FOR YOU AND YOU PREFER MORE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURY OR WORSE THAN YOU'RE A FUN OF THE X GAMES THERE AND IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THEY'RE COMING TO DETROIT. DETROIT IS ONE OF THE FOUR FINALISTS. LET'S TALK WITH THE GUYS BEHIND THE DETROIT BIT. GARRETT AND KEVIN. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. WHAT AN EXCITING COUPLE MONTHS. BEFORE I GET INTO THE BID I LOVE THE STORY HOW THIS CAME TOGETHER. KEVIN, TAKE ME BACK TO WHEN THE HEAD OF X GAMES HAPPENED TO BE IN DETROIT FOR A CONFERENCE AND YOU MANHANDLED HIM. YES. WE FOUND THE NAME OF THE CONSULTANT COMPANY. THEY CONNECTED US WITH HIM. HE WAS AT THE MARRIOTT AND WE PICKED HIM UP AND DROVE HIM AROUND. YOU DROVE HIM AROUND FOR A COUPLE HOURS. WE DROVE HIM AROUND FOR A COUPLE HOURS AND SAW THE CITY. GARRETT, KEVIN ADVICE -- KEVIN WAS IN DETROIT AND YOU WERE IN CHICAGO. YOU BOTH WENT TO COLLEGE TOGETHER IN MIAMI. WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE? HOW DID THIS PROJECT IGNITE YOUR FIRES? YEAH, YOU KNOW I THINK THREE YEARS AGO KEVIN WAS LIVING DOWNTOWN DETROIT. CALLED ME UP AND SAID GARRETT YOU GOT TO SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS CITY. I CAME TO VISIT AND HAVE BEEN ITCHING TO MOVE HERE. I'VE BEEN -- BEEN WORKING GREAT JOBS? CHICAGO AND I CAME TO VISIT IN DECEMBER WHEN IT STARTED GETTING MORE SERIOUS AND FELT COMPELLED TO FINALLY MAKE THE MOVE THAT I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MIKE FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW. SOY JUMPED SHIP. AND NOW IT IS SERIOUS -- SO I JUMPED SHIP. IT'S DOWN FOUR CITIES. MY HUNDRED IS THAT TRYING TO ATTRACT THIS IS NOT MY HUNCH IS TRYING TO ATTACKED THIS IS NOT LIKE A CONVENTIONAL PROJECT -- YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN EDGE. THAT'S WHAT ATTRACTED US IS THAT THE PORTRAYAL OF THE CITY IS THAT THE X GAMES IS AN EVENT THAT SITS FOR DETROIT RIGHT NOW. WE CAN BE OURSELF. WE CAN EXPOSE OUR FRIENDS WORKING ON CREATIVE THINGS AND PLUG THEM INTO AN INCREDIBLE INTERNATIONAL ALL -- INTER NATIONAL EVENT. I TWEETED IN DETROIT DOESN'T GET THE X GAMES MAYBE THEY'RE NOT SO X ANYMORE -- COMPETITION LOOKED LIKE AUSTIN. YOU SAID. YES. WE LIKE THE JOKE IF IT WAS 1995 AUSTIN WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE. WHICH IS GOOD. TELL ME A LITTLE BIT NOW BECAUSE IT WILL BE AUGUST RIGHT BEFORE WE KNOW. WHAT CAN YOU DO BETWEEN NOW AND THOEN MAKE IT HAPPEN? -- THEN. WE'VE BUILT AN AMAZING GROUP OF SUPPORT WHO HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY SHOWING SUPPORT TO ESPN SO GO ONLINE. ESPN IS THE DECISION-MAKERS. YES. GO ONLINE LIKE OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. SHARE THE VIDEO THAT WE MADE. THE VIDEO WHICH WE WILL LINK ON CLICKONDETROIT.COM IS TERRIFIC. IT IS A COOL ABOUT A SIX MINUTE LOOK AT WHY THEY SHOULD BE HERE BUT GO AHEAD. YEAH. NO. IT REALLY IS MATTER OF EXPOSING THE HUGE SUPPORT. THE BROAD SUPPORT FOR THIS TO ESPN. SO WE'VE DONE IT IN CREATIVE WAYS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE CREATIVE IDEAS HOW TO DO IT. KEVIN I SUPPOSE THERE'S SOME WHO THINK NICE LITTLE IDEA -- MAYBE NOT FULLY APPRECIATING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS COMPETITION. YES. WHEN WE STARTED OUT WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING TO STAKEHOLDERS THAT THE X GAMES WERE NOT AROUND WE HAD TO COMMUNICATE THE VALUE OF WHAT THE X GAMES BRING. SO FROM A ONE YEAR PERSPECTIVE IT'S BRINGING AG $50 MILLION IMPACT -- BRINGING A 50 MILLION IMPACT BUT THIS IS THREE YEARS SO THIS IS 150 MILLION COMPACT. SO IT WAS A GOOD STORY TO CONVINCING CITY LEADERS THAT THIS WAS WORTHY AND THEY HAVE GOT BEHIND THIS AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH THEM. THE BEAUTY OF THIS IS YOU GUYS BOTH SEE A LITTLE BIGGER THAN THE X GAMES I MEAN THE X GAMES WILL BE PART OF WHAT YOU EVEIN SLOWLY SEE. TELL ME ABOUT THAT VISION. AT THE HEART OF THE EGGS GAMES BRAND -- EVENTUALLY. THE X GAMES BRAND IS CELEBRATION OF CULTURE, YOUNG PEOPLE TAKING MEANINGFUL -- MEANINGFUL ACTION WITH IDEAS AND PERSEVERANCE. IT'S THAT FALL, GET BACK UP AND TRY AGAIN. THAT'S THE PERFECT STORY OF DETROIT. SO WE WANT TO USE THE X GAMES TO TELL SORT OF THE BROADER STORY OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN DETROIT WHICH IS PEOPLE TAKING ACTION WHETHER THEY'RE MAKING MUSIC OR MAKING ART OR BUILDING NEW T TECHNOLOGIES AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE FAILING. WHEN THEY FAIL S, THEY IT TER RATE AND THEY TRY AGAIN. AND WHEN THEY SUCCEED, THEY TRY TO SUCCEED IN A BIG WAY -- WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ALL THOSE THINGS FROM SPORTS TO MUSIC TO CRAFTSMAN SHIP. YOU'VE GOT YOUR METAPHORS DOWN. I LIKE IT. KEVIN I MENTIONED THE SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE WHICH IS THIS THING IN AUSTIN WHICH HAS BECOME THE PREIMMANENT MUSIC AND TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE -- THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE? OH, YEAH. IT IS THE PREIMMANENT CONFERENCE THAT ATTRACTS THOUSANDS. PEOPLE ARE GOING THESE CONFERENCES AND COMING UP WITH IDEAS THAT STAY IN THE CLOUDS AND THEY'RE VERY ON DUES ORB OBTUSE. WE WANT TO AMY ACTION IN REAL WAYS. WE SEE DETROIT IS OPEN TO THESE IDEAS -- APPLY ACTION. IS ESPN CARING ABOUT THAT SORT OF THING OR DO THEY LIKE THIS TALK? WELL YEAH THEY WANT TO CREATE AN EVENT THAT CELEBRATES THE ACTION SPORTS LIFESTYLE. AND LIKE I SAID ALL OF THIS STUFF IS AT THE HEART OF THAT LIFESTYLE. WE'RE JUST GOING TO TRY TO CREATE AN EVENT THAT DISPLACE IT AND 1E89 -- DISPLAYS IT AND CELEBRATES IT. IT'S A MUCH MORE HOLISTIC VISION OF THEIR BRAND. YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY. WE'LL THINK VIDEO ON OUR WEBSITE SHARE THAT AROUND. THAT CERTAINLY DOESN'T HURT. TWEET DO ALL THOSE THINGS THAT ESPN WILL BE PAYING ATTENTION TO. KEVIN AND GARRETT THANKS AND WELCOME BACK. LETS BRING IN THIS MORNING'S ROUNDTABLE. I THOUGHT IT'S MOTHER'S DAY. I BETTER HAVE ALL MOMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ME. SHEILA IS WITH US. NEXT TO HER CHARLOTTE THAT, NANCY AND KAREN, THANK YOU-ALL VERY MUCH FOR GIVING UP YOUR MOTHER'S DAY TO GIVE HERE. WE'LL TALK ABOUT MOTHERING ISSUES BUT LET'S START WITH THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. SHE'LL WILL, TOMORROW WE GET THIS FIRST REAL INDICATION OF WHERE KEVIN ORR FEELS LIKE THE CITY OF DETROIT IS. YOU SAID TO ME YOU THINK THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT IN DETROIT -- I THINK YOU SAID 100 YEARS. YOU'VE GOT IT. HE'S A PERSON UNDER THE LAW SUFFICIENT POWER TO ACTUALLY CREATE A REAL CHANGE AND SO THE PERSPECTIVE THAT'S IN SHARED IN THIS DOCUMENT ABOUT THE CITY'S FINANCES AND ALSO THE ROAD TO RECONSTRUCTION IF YOU WILL OF THE CITY SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT AND IT WILL BE FOLLOWED-UP WITHIN 30 DAYS. HE'S REQUIRED TO HAVE AN INFORMATIONAL HEARING WITH THE COMMUNITY WHICH I THINK IS A VERY IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR VOICES HEARD. THAT WILL BE FASCINATING WITHIN A MONTH. KAREN, YOUR BUSINESS IS TO HELP PEOPLE MANAGE THE MESSAGE AND WE'VE FELT THAT BECAUSE THEY MADE SURE WORD LEAKED THAT IT'S WORSE THAN WHAT KEVIN ORR FELT. IT CERTAINLY IS. I'M NOT GOING TO SEE HOW THIS DOCUMENT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE PREVIOUS DOCUMENTS. SHE'LL THAT LEN MIND IT'S A STRATEGY OF ORGANIZATION. I'M ALSO WONDERING HIS ROLE OR HOW MUCH HE'LL INJECT HIMSELF INTO THE DECISION-MAKING AND HOW FAR HE'LL VENTURE OFF IN THE FINANCING OF THE CITY. CHARLOTTE THAT, YOUR CONCERN WAS THE WAY THAT THIS IS SORT OF -- YOU GOT TO BE CAREFUL YOU DON'T THROW OUT THE PAPER AND DOING WHATEVER IT SAYS. YOU GOT TO MANAGE THIS WITH DETROIT RESIDENTS? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK TOO MANY TIMES RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN OSTRACIZED. I THINK FOR ME DETROIT PARENT NETWORK HAS HAD EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH THIS BUT WE'VE PUSHED TO MAKE SURE PARENTS ARE THE FOREFRONT. THAT MAKES UP THE CITIZENRY OF DETROIT AND RESIDENTS HAVE A VOICE ALONG THE WAY AND IT'S NOT A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO COME IN AND FIX DETROIT. IF YOU CAN FIX FINANCES BUT UNLESS WE FIX THE PEOPLE ALONG THE WAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE CHALLENGED. DO WE HAVE A REAL SENSE OF WHAT THE AVERAGE EVERY DAY DETROITER FEELS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE CITY? I THINK THAT'S PART OF WAY WHY I'VE LAUNCHED THE PEOPLES CAMPAIGN WHICH WILL CREATE AN ON RAMP FOR PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED. I THINK WE HAVE EVIDENCE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT SHOW UP AT CITY COUNCIL ARE NOT THE FOLKS THAT REPRESENT THE INTEREST OF EVERY DAY DETROITERS OR EVEN IF IT'S AN ISSUE OF EDUCATION LARGELY YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE BUSY WORKING THREE OR FOUR JOBS AND IT'S CHAOTIC AND DISORGANIZED. PUBLIC SAFETY CONTINUES TO EMERGE. THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES. A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT A FIX. THE MANAGER HAS BEEN IN PLACE LONG ENOUGH THAT PEOPLE THAT THE SEPTEMBER MEANT IN THE CITY IS LETS AT LEAST GIVE IT A TRY --S -- SENTIMENT. YOU KNOW IT'S WORSE THAN YOU THINK IS SORT OF A LOT AT SOME POINT IT HAS TO BE AS BAD AS IT IS. WE HAVE TO REACH THE BAD NEWS. ONE OF THE CONSISTENT PROBLEMS HAS BEEN GETTING TIMELY INFORMATION. THE MAYOR'S ADMINISTRATION IF YOU READ THE FINANCIAL REVIEW REPORT THERE'S BEEN PROBLEMS GETTING UP-TO-DATE CASH INFORMATION. HOPEFULLY THIS REPORT WILL GIVE US A GOOD TRUE PICTURE OF WHAT THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POSITION IS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ACT UNTIL YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. IF WE'RE CONTINUALLY UNCOVERING WORSE NEWS WE'RE NEVER IN POSITION TO MAKE A RESPONSE. ON THE EMERGENCY FRONT WE KNOW ROBERTS IS LEAVING. GIVE ME A THUMBNAIL ON HIS TWO YEARS AT THE HELM? I'M GOING TO STEP BACK ONE. WHEN ROBERT CAME IN HE TOLD MY BOSS STEVEN HENDERSON THAT HE COULD BALANCE THE BOOKS IMMEDIATELY BUT YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A FUNCTIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO CLOSE SO MANY SCHOOLS INCREASE THE CLASS SIZE SO MUCH. IT'S A SCHOOL DISTRICT PERFORMS A SERVICE LIKE NO OTHER AND I THINK A NUMBER OF FACTORS GO INTO THE DELIVERY. IT'S NOT AS COMPLICATED AS DELIVERING A CITY SERVICE BECAUSE WHAT KIDS ARE DOING AT HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT THEY BRING TO SCHOOL, WHETHER THEY'RE FED AND READY TO LEARN ARE MOVING PIECES. IT'S NOT A THING WHERE ANYONE CAN SIT DOWN AND MOP UP THE RED INK AND FIX THE PROBLEMS. IT'S A VASTLY COMPLICATED PROBLEM. I'M GLAD I DON'T HAVE TO TRY TO FIX IT. KAREN, ROY ROBERTS DOES HE MAKE A CASE FOR THE VALUE OF AN EMERGENCY MAN SGLER HAS HE SHOWN US THAT THEY'RE NOT THE FIX ALL -- MANAGER. EVERYBODY IS EXPECTING ONE PERSON TO COME UP AND CLEAN UP DECADES OF MISMANAGEMENT AND DYSFUNCTIONAL TY. GOOD LUCK. I THINK EVEN ROY'S CRITICS WILL ATTEST THAT HE CARED ABOUT THESE KIDS -- I THINK THAT'S WHY HE WANTED INFLUENCE OVER THE CAN DEM MCCOMB OPPONENT. I THINK THAT DID MATTER. I THINK HE WAS ABLE TO LEAVE HIS THUMB PRINT AND WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I THINK ROY CAME IN AND DID A NUMBER OF THINGS HE WOULD DO BUT THE THING IS THAT HE'S LEAVING THE DISTRICT WITH THE STRATEGIC PLAN. I NKNOW 600 PEOPLE LIFTED UP THINGS LIKE BECOMING COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. LIFTING UP HAVING PARENTS PLAY RECRUITMENT ROLLS. THOSE MATTER TO HIS TENURE IN THE DISTRICT. I THINK HE'S DONE A REMARKABLE JOB AND THAT THERE'S A BIG -- HE LEFT A BIG FOOTPRINT FOR SOMETHING ELSE TO STEP IN. IT SEEMS TO ME THERE WILL BE A MANAGER. HE SAYS THREE MORE YEARS WORTH OF WORK. ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE AS KAREN SAID NONE OF THE STUFF HAPPENED IN THE LAST TWO YEARS OR 10 YEARS. THESE ARE 30-40 YEAR PROBLEMS. GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK. TOUGH ONE. WELCOME BACK. IF YOU JUST JOININGING -- JOINING US OUR ROUNDTABLE IS MADE UP OF MOMS! KAREN, IT'S ALWAYS FOUR A MOM, THE WORRIES THAT YOU HAVE, BUT WE KEEP HEARING THAT THIS IS THE FIRST GENERATION COMING ALONG NOW THAT IS GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME LIVING IN THE COMB FORT IN WHICH THEY WERE ACCUSTOMED GROWING UP, MAYBE DON'T HAVE THE PROSPECTS OF THE GENERATION THAT PRODUCED THEM. I THINK THAT'S TOUGH FOR PARENTS. I THINK THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE ACTIVITY. THE INTERNET HAS PROVIDED ACCESS THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE SO YOU CAN GO OUT AND CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE NEVER BEFORE. THEY MAY HAVE IT SLIGHTLY BETTER. IT'S A DIFFERENT SKILLSET. IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY KIDS KNOW THIS STUFF AUTOMATIC KAY THEY'LL -- AUTOMATICALLY. I HAD AN 8-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS TURNING ON THE T.V. AT MY HOUSE AND I WAS TRYING TO SHOW HIM AND HE SAID I ALREADY KNOW. NANCY. LETS TRY NANCY. WELL MY 2 1/2 YEAR OLD CAN OPERATE MY iPAD. HE CAN FIND GAMES AND HE CAN FIND ELMO ON NETFLIX. I THINK HE'S A GENEROUS. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DEALING WITH IS OUR EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS GETTING AWAY FROM OUR REPETITION MODEL AND WE'RE MOVING TOWARD SOMETHING NEW WHICH IS WHAT PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE. THE PROBLEM NO LONGER IS RETENTION OF KNOWLEDGE. YOU HAVE SO MUCH INFORMATION AT YOU. IT'S AN NALIS CIS OF THE VALUE, THE CONTEXT -- ANALYSIS, THE VALUE, THE CONNECTION, WHAT WEIGHT AND ASORT IT TO IT'S APPROPRIATE PLACE -- ASORT IT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEMORIZE ALL THE COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE ANYMORE. BUT WITH A 2 1/2 YEAR OLD HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THE EXPENSE OF COLLEGE 16 YEARS FROM NOW? MY THEORY IS WHATEVER IS BOUGHT RIGHT NOW WILL CHANGE FIVE TIMES SO I'M WORRYING ABOUT FINISHING POTTY-TRAINING. WE UNDERSTAND. CHARLOTTE THAT WHAT'S YOUR OUTLOOK? I STRESS ABOUT THIS AND I HAVE A THREE AND 11-YEAR-OLD. MY WHOLE LIFE IS PARENT WORK -- SO PART OF WHY WE LAUNCHED THE PEOPLES CAMPAIGN IS TO ADDRESS THINGS. ONE OF THE PILLARS SIEGE OCCASION. RIGHT NOW WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS OR PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TO PUT OUR KIDS IN A COMPETITIVE WINNING POSITION. THERE ARE TOO MANY LOW PERFORMING SCHOOLS. I LIKE TO MAKE SURE AS WE HAVE A DIVERSITY OF SCHOOLS THAT CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE LOOKING AT THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR SCHOOLS AND CLOSING BAD SCHOOLS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PLAY ROLE TO HELP PARENTS SHOP FOR HIGH QUALITY OPTIONS. THE OTHER THING IS LOOKING AT LEARNING STARTS MUCH EARLIER AND SO EARLY CHILDHOOD IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE OUR KIDS A GREAT START. AND SO YEAH TELL PARENTS AND I SHARED WITH JAMIE IN THE BACKGROUND THAT MOST BRAIN DEVELOPMENT STARTS 0-3. SO START READING. THAT WAS A CRUCIAL STUDY DONE WHERE A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS CAMPED OUT IN HOMES OF PROFESSIONAL AND WORKING CLASS FAMILIES AND THE NUMBER OF WORDS THE CHILDREN NOW BY AGE THREE IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE SOME RIDICULOUS NUMBER MORE IN THE PROFESSIONAL HOME SO WHEN A CHILD ENTERS SCHOOL IF THEY HAVEN'T BEEN EXPOSED TO THE CONVERSATIONS AND TYPES OF WORDS THEY'RE HEARING THEY'RE STARTING AT AGE FOUR AT AN DISADVANTAGE. ABSOLUTELY. WELL MY CHILD IS 27 AND -- BUT YOU DON'T STOP WORRYING. ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED FROM KATIE I'M NOT SURE HOW I MADE IT TO 27 WITHOUT HER ADVICE ON EVERYTHING BUT AS A PARENT I RAISED A CHILD IN THE CITY AND AS A YOUNG PERSON IN THE CITY IN MANY WAYS THERE'S ALMOST AS MUCH TO WORRY ABOUT AT 27 AND 30 AS THERE WAS AT ZERO TWO AND TREE. SO YOU'RE A MOM FOREVER. -- ZERO 2-3. WITH A CHILD YOU HOLD THEIR HAND FOR A WHILE AND YOUR HEART FOREVER. THAT'S THE IMPORTANT MESSAGE HERE. KATIE IS 27. SHOWS PART OF THIS YOUNG CLASS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL PEOPLE. I'M WORRIED. IN ONE SENSE I WANT TO GET A JOB GET IN A INSTITUTION AND MOVE THROUGH IT AND HER THING IS ABSOLUTELY NOT. I'M NOT DOING THAT. MY KIDS I WANT THEM TO DO WHAT I DIDN'T DO. WHEN I LOOK AT MY SON AND DAUGHTER THEY'RE EVERYTHING I EVER WANTED TO BE. THAT'S A GREAT THING TO SAY. AND I'M SO PROUD OF MY CHILDREN. I LOOK BACK AND SAID I COULD HAVE DONE THAT BUT WE CREATE A PLATFORM THAT OUR CHILDREN BUILD UPON AND THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD DO. I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE OTHER KIDS THAT MAY NOT HAVE THAT PARENTAL OR MATERNAL INVOLVEMENT. ONE OF THE TOUGH TRUTHS EDUCATED PARENTS REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE EDUCATED PARENTS FIND EDUCATED CHILDREN. ABSOLUTELY. ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DEALING WITH IN DETROIT PARENT NETWORK IS THE SUMMER LEARNING LOSS MAKING SURE OUR KIDS DON'T GO BACKWARDS DURING THE SUMMER. WE SHOULD MOVE AROUND TO YEAR-ROUND SCHOOLING. ABSOLUTELY. DETROITERS NEED TO FOCUS ON THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN EXPOSED TO LEAD. LEAD POISONING ON THE CHILD WHETHER IT'S 0 TROW THREE OR THREE TO SECOND OR THIRD GRADE IS HUGE. IT'S AN EFFORT THE CITY HAS BEEN ADDRESSING. BUT GETTING CHILDREN EXPOSED TO LEAD TESTED IS REALLY IMPORTANT. QUICKLY. I GOT 20 SECONDS. ANOTHER THING THAT YOU'RE SCHOOLING WOULD SERVE IS MOST MOMS WORK A LOT OF MOMS WORK THESE DAYS AND DAYCARE NEEDS ARE CHALLENGING. COME DATED WORLD. -- COMPLICATED WORLD. THE MOST IMPORTANT CHILD WE HAVE IS PARENTING.

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